Suggested solutions - multiple choice

[jsher098]

this just goes to show how much of a joke VCAA is
how could they possibly let questions into exams which simply have no right answers...?!!??!?!?
really makes you start to doubt the system

It's true. They have had a long time to go over this exam and surely they would've spotted such an obvious error. They obviously were slack and rushed through it.

[Greggler]

really makes you think...
like when theres 2 answers on MC

[Hunter]

I don't understand everyone's problem. It was a great question, PET was the right answer. It actually required you to think.

You had to do function (fMRI or PET) and then you had to choose whether you would kill her with the fMRI or annoy her with the PET scan. Anyone who got that wrong is a nonce.

Now everyone who didn't bring their brain to school that day gets a free mark for it.

[jess3254]

Grrr.

Firstly, individuals with pacemakers CAN get MRIs - there are ways around it (I know someone who was able to get an MRI with a pacemaker.)

Secondly, even if it was a 'make a logical conclusion' question (which it definitely wasn't intended to be), not enough information is provided to make a 'logical' conclusion anyway. What if she had anaphylaxis to the radioactive glucose? The specialist has clearly specified he would like to avoid an invasive injection - the invasive injection could possibly be more dangerous than an MRI (if she had a pacemaker inserted after the year 2000.)

The question was misprinted. They have discussed this at length at the VCAA's examiners meeting, and have determined that there are no correct responses to that question. 

[Hunter]

Firstly, individuals with pacemakers CAN get MRIs - there are ways around it (I know someone who was able to get an MRI with a pacemaker.)

You have to assume they can't as that is what the coursework says.

Secondly, even if it was a 'make a logical conclusion' question (which it definitely wasn't intended to be), not enough information is provided to make a 'logical' conclusion anyway.

How do you know it wasn't a logical conclusion question? Enough information is definitely provided. You look at the information there is and come up with a conclusion. I did, and my answer was right (checked with my teacher who is also a VCAA examiner).

What if she had anaphylaxis to the radioactive glucose?

Then they would have said that.

The specialist has clearly specified he would like to avoid an invasive injection

And if they intended you to think that she had something wrong with her that wasn't mentioned in the coursework... well that would be ridiculous. They would include that information. The problem is that you're not looking at the question properly. In psychology you analyse all the information and go off what you have. The pacemaker was clearly mentioned and "anaphylaxis" was not.

They have discussed this at length at the VCAA's examiners meeting, and have determined that there are no correct responses to that question.

They took the question out but how do you know how that they decided there were no correct answers? I personally think it's because everyone was having a whinge.

Well I say if everyone else gets a free mark for whinging I should be able to get one too. It's only fair.

[enwiabe]

Hunter, your arrogance is astounding.

"I personally think it's because everyone was having a whinge."

This is not the official reason given by VCAA, which was that no answer is correct. You claim to know more than the VCAA chief examiner in Psychology?

I'm also going to have to warn you for your anti-social, and condescending behaviour towards others. We do not tolerate this on VN. If you wish to be a part of this community, then you are to act like a functioning, civil member of it. 

FYI, people have whinged about questions before in greater numbers and these complaints have fallen on deaf ears. VCAA will only change an answer/accept more than one answer if it can see that it has made an error, as with this question.

[Hunter]

I don't see how my "behaviour" was anti social and/or condescending. I merely argued my point. It seems you on the other hand are allowed to directly insult people ("your arrogance is astounding").

Even though my speculation is wrong I believe my point still stands and I don't see anything wrong with arguing it.

[enwiabe]

How is "everyone who didn't bring their brain to school that day gets a free mark for it" not condescending? What about "Anyone who got that wrong is a nonce."?

Those are both extremely condescending and arrogant.

As for the last sentence in your post, why would you argue something that you know to be wrong? That is just arguing for the sake of arguing. Highly anti-social behaviour.

[Hunter]

How is "everyone who didn't bring their brain to school that day gets a free mark for it" not condescending?

As for the last sentence in your post, why would you argue something that you know to be wrong? That is just arguing for the sake of arguing. Highly anti-social behaviour.

It can be interpreted as condescending but in truth I don't feel superior to those who got it wrong and that's not what I meant. What it was me frustratingly saying that people didn't think about the question properly.

I'm saying my speculation was wrong, but the main point (about the question itself) still stands in my opinion and I don't see what's wrong with arguing it.

[enwiabe]

I edited my post to include another one of your insults that you cannot weasel out of.

No, but after you admitted fault, you said "my point still stands". No, it doesn't.

[claireburum]

quick question:
The mc question:
In visual perception, what is the first process:
a) reception
b) selection
c) transmission
d) organisation

Was the correct answer b)Selection? Because from my understanding RECEPTION is the first process of "visual Sensation". and SELECTION is first in "visual perception"
is that wrong?

[kazoospasm]

quick question:
The mc question:
In visual perception, what is the first process:
a) reception
b) selection
c) transmission
d) organisation

Was the correct answer b)Selection? Because from my understanding RECEPTION is the first process of "visual Sensation". and SELECTION is first in "visual perception"
is that wrong?

Your post is almost identical to one in the 'THE EXAM' topic, which people have responded to.

The mc question:
In visual perception, what is the first process:
a) reception
b) selection
c) transmission
d) ??

Was the correct answer b)Selection? Because from my understanding reception is the first process of visual Sensation.
I'd like somebody to clarify this :S

[jsher098]

quick question:
The mc question:
In visual perception, what is the first process:
a) reception
b) selection
c) transmission
d) organisation

Was the correct answer b)Selection? Because from my understanding RECEPTION is the first process of "visual Sensation". and SELECTION is first in "visual perception"
is that wrong?

correct answer is reception. visual  sensation and perception are seen as one process.

[shabooya]

short answers anyone?

[jsher098]

MY ANSWERS


Brain and Nervous System
1a 2b 3d 4c 5d 6d 7b 8d 9c 10c 11c 12c 13a 14d 15d 16a 17b 18d

Visual Perception
19b 20b 21d 22a 23d 24a 25a 26c 27d 28a 29b 30a 31a

States of Consciousness
32a 33a 34b 35b 36a 37d 38b 39d 40a 41a 42d 43d 44d

BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 1: Broca's area, left frontal lobe
Question 2
a- Cannot name the object as seen in the left hemisphere- corpus callosum is severed so cannot be sent over to the right hemispshere for recognition
b- Can point with their right hand
c- cannot name the object
d- can point with their left hand (as right hemisphere controls left side of the body)

Question 3
- Self inflicted pain during control questions can artificially elevate ones baseline level
-A guilty person will show similar physiological arousal when relevant questions are asked in comparison to control questions due to them self inflicting pain which increases physiological arousal.
- A guilty person could be considered innocent as they show similar physiological arousal to relevant and control questions.

Question 4
A- Sympathetic
B- Increased heart rate, increased blood pressure
C- More blood flow to arms and legs which prepares Alyse to either escape (flight) or confront (fight) the threat.

Question 5
A
- CT uses X-rays to take pictures of your brain from different angles
- Series of X-rays are then used to make a cross section (slice) of the brain
B- CT scan repeats are limited due to the X-rays. MRI scan repeats are ok.
C- Difficulty with complex mental functions. e.g. planning, analysing, reasoning

Question 6
A- David could feel depressed.
B- The sympathetic nervous system inhibits digestion as it directs its resources to the more important task of fighting and adapting to the stressor.

VISUAL PERCEPTION
Question 7
a- draw the second balloon closer to the horizon
b- Closer trees have more perceptible detail and the more distant trees have decreasing perceptible detail

Question 8
Size constancy is the tendency to perceive an object as maintaining its size despite any changes that occur to the size of the image cast on the retina.
When we are crossing a road, we perceive the cars in the distance as maintaining their size- remaining constant size and do not see them as just small objects and start walking.

Question 9
a- Perceptual set is the readiness to perceive a stimulus in a particular way which leads you to focus on some aspects while ignoring others (selection).
b i- Context
b ii- If you see a man running on the street with a gun you feel scared. But if you see a security guard with a gun outside of a bar, you feel safe and secure.

Question 10
a- Occurs when the actual perception is in conflict with the 'objective' reality.
b- The line with the feather tails is seen as longer than the line with the conventional arrowheads.
Perceptual compromise- overall lengths of the figures are unequal and distance between the tips is unequal.

Question 11

A- Selection of participants wasn't random- not every member of the population had an equal chance of being chosen to take part in the study. Not representative of the population.
B- Not done randomly. Participants did not have an equal chance of being placed into the experimental and control groups.

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Question 12
Cognitive change: Jim's thought processes may be disorganised and less logical.
Perceptual change: Jim's sensory thresholds including pain may either be heightened or lowered.

Question 13
A i- Detects, amplifies and records electrical activity in the muscles near the eye.
A ii- Detects, amplifies and records electrical activity in the brain.

B- Little or no electrical activity (Non Rapid Eye Movement Sleep)

C- Sleep spindles- brainwaves of high bursts of frequency
  - K Complexes-brainwaves of high bursts of amplitude

D- The time spent in REM increases as the night goes on.
  - Nightmares occur during REM sleep so are most likely to occur towards the morning as that is when we spend more time in REM Sleep than at the beginning of the night.

Question 14
A- Participants involved in both the experimental and control conditions.
Experimental- meditate before bed
Control- no meditation before bed

B- Eliminates the effects of individual differences. In an independent groups design, participant characteristics may cause bias between groups.

Question 14
C- Be informed of the nature of the research.
  - The risks and the requirements.



Do you think there's any chance of an A+ with those answers?
I think I got 43/44 for the multiple choice.